BY Etymology :Middle English fere, from Old English fær "calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack," from Proto-Germanic feraz "danger" (source also of Old Saxon far "ambush," Old Norse far "harm, distress, deception," Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr "danger"), from PIE pēr-, a lengthened form of the verbal root *per- (3) "to try, risk.
